Access Toll 2.0A, 2.0DHA, 2.1A, 2.1DHA, 3.0 (electricity) and 3.1, 3.2 (Gas)
All users pay the access toll or access fee on our bill for using the energy distribution or transportation network. These access tolls represent around 40% of the bill. Depending on the power and rate you have contracted, there are different types of access tolls.
What is the access toll?
Types of electricity access rates
The electricity access toll is a concept regulated by the State that all users must pay on their electricity bill and represents approximately 40% of the total bill. These tolls are applied to the contracted power term and the consumed energy term.
Access tolls are paid to have access to the electricity distribution or transportation network to guarantee its optimal operation and maintenance. This amount is paid in the invoice to the marketing company with which we have contracted our rate, although the person who ultimately receives this part of the money is the distribution company.
The type of access toll depends on the contracted electrical power, whether it is a tariff without or with time discrimination and the voltage with which the supply point is connected to the electrical network.
Types of access tolls:
Low voltage access rates (domestic customers).
2.0A access fee
2.0DHA access fee
Access fee 2.0DHS
2.1A access fee
2.1DHA access fee
2.1DHS access fee
Access fee 3.0A
Medium and high voltage access rates (commercial clients and industries).
3.1A access fee
Access fee 6.1A
Access fee 6.2B
Access fee 6.2
Access fee 6.3
Access fee 6.4
Access fee 6.5
New access tolls 2020.
Since 2020, new regulations promoted by the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) have come into force, which has a transition period until November 1, 2020 and which affects all access tolls. You can find out the new tolls or electricity access rates in the previous link.
Access rate 2.0A: Toll for powers from 0 to 10 kW
This access rate will apply to all customers who have a contracted electricity rate with a fixed price throughout the day and with a power of less than 10 kilowatts (kW).
What does it mean to have a 2.0DHA access rate?
Having a 2.0 access rate means that we have contracted a low voltage rate with a power of less than 10 kW. Having contracted a 2.0DHA rate means having contracted a rate with time discrimination, where you must pay the corresponding access toll for the contracted power and two access tolls for the consumption term, one for the period of promoted hours (off-peak hours). and another for non-promotion hours (peak hours).
What rates have a 2.0DHS access toll?
The 2.0DHS toll or access rate is for those rates that present up to 3 different energy prices during the day. This is a rate with time discrimination in 3 periods where we identify the super-off-peak hours (cheapest), off-peak hours (average price), and peak hours (most expensive).
These types of rates are designed above all for those users who have an electric vehicle and take advantage of the cheapest hours, which range from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., to charge it.
This access tariff offers a single toll for power but 3 different tolls for the energy term, one for each discrimination period.
What is a 2.1A access fee?
The 2.1A access rate is designed for those users who need to contract a fixed price rate for the entire day with an electrical power greater than 10 kW but less than or equal to 15 kW.
2.1DHA light access toll
The 2.1DHA access toll is a low voltage access toll for power of 10 to 15 kW and with time discrimination (two different light levels during the day).
2.1DHS access toll: Electric car
The DHS access toll has a time discrimination in 3 periods, that is, the price of electricity is more expensive from 1:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., it maintains a lower price from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: 00h and from 23:00h to 01:00h and finally the cheapest price includes the time from 01:00h to 07:00h.
Access fee 3.0
Despite also being a low voltage access rate, it is focused on users who need to contract an electrical power greater than 15 kW. These access rates are usually found in small businesses and large homes.
What does it mean to have a 3.0 access rate contracted?
Having contracted this 3.0 access rate means having a rate with time discrimination in three periods.
The supply cannot be interrupted because the installation has a maximeter instead of a power control switch.
The billed power is calculated from the power we have contracted and the power we have actually used.
If we use less than 85% of the contracted power, the billed power will be 85% of the electrical power that we have contracted.
If the use of the power is between 85% and 105% of what we have contracted, the invoiced power will be equal to the power we have contracted.
If the use of power is greater than 105% of the power we have contracted, the billing for the contracted power will be increased according to the excess generated.
Where can I see the access toll on the electricity bill?
If you have contracted a free market rate, that is, one that is not the regulated PVPC rate, you can check on your bill the exact amount you must pay for access tolls (both for the power term and for the energy term ).
Some companies do not indicate the price of access tolls and include everything within the billing by energy term and billing by power term.
How are access tolls broken down in the PVPC rate?
If the rate you have contracted is the PVPC rate, the access tolls appear broken down in all the invoices offered by the reference marketers. This breakdown can be consulted by all clients in the "invoice details" section.
What are the tolls or access rates for natural gas?
The same thing happens for natural gas. Natural gas access rates must be paid on our gas bill to have access, use the gas transportation network and to guarantee its correct functioning. This concept is applied to the fixed term and the variable term of our rate.
Depending on the annual consumption generated in each home or premises, the area distributor determines one type of access toll or another.
The natural gas access tolls are as follows:
Gas access fee 3.1
This access rate is for supply points that generate annual consumption less than or equal to 5,000 kWh. This type of access toll is common, especially in homes that have a kitchen and water that runs on natural gas.
Gas access fee 3.2
This access rate is suitable for annual consumption between 5,000 kWh and 50,000 kWh. This access toll will apply to those homes or premises that have a kitchen, hot water and natural gas heating.
Gas access fee 3.3
This type of access fee usually appears in small and medium-sized companies. This access toll is suitable for properties that generate annual consumption greater than 50,000 kWh and less than or equal to 100,000 kWh.
Gas access fee 3.4
Access toll 3.4 is focused on supply points whose annual consumption exceeds 100,000 kWh/year. It is an access rate focused on large companies or neighborhood communities.
